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' TRUNK. No. 284,197. Patented Sept. 4,1883.

fnveni Miran STATES PATENT O FICE.

p HENRY o. FABER, OF. UTIGA, NEW YORK.

T R U N K,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPaten't No. 284,197, dated September 4, 1883,

Application filed June13, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hnnny G. FABER, of the city of Utica, county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented and discovered a new and useful Improvement in Trunks, of which the following is a specification,

My invention relates to improvements in the method of constructing trunks to enable them more easily to withstand the hard usage which is consequent in traveling, and to obtain a greater quality of strength and lightness'combined.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a trunk conroughness.

structed according to the specifications. Fig. 2 represents a side view of a top corner-guard. Fig. 3 represents a front view of the same. Fig. 4: represents a front view of an angular guard placed to protect the top corners of the trunk proper from the concussions made by the closing of the cover, and to form a solid basis for the cover to rest upon. Fig. 5 represents a top view of the same. Fig. 6 represents a side view of a guard placed on the bottom corners of the trunk, showing the curvature. Fig. 7 represents a bottom view of the same. Fig. 8 represents an inside side view of the same. Fig. 9 represents. a section of part of the. trunk, showing the combination. of wood, glue, and canvas.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through out the several views.

The nature and construction of my invention consists in a trunk, made of wood, with smooth surfaces, to which canvas is glued. The canvas is put quickly on both the inside and outside of the wood with hot glue, and then smoothed over, so as to be wholly free from This combination gives the wood a very elastic and tenaciousquality, which enables it to be bent to a considerable degree without injury, the wood being made perfectly smooth, so that the canvas, in combination with e the glue, may fit tightlyand snugly, and communicate to the wood in the combination the characteristics of elasticity and durability. The outside canvas is painted or prepared to protect the trunk and contents from moisture and water, and also to make the same more durable. Along the lengthwise edges of the top of the cover and bottom of the trunk are strips, or sections of strips, of pressed rawhide, fastened partly by means of rivets, and

partly by nails, which are clinched on the inside. the wood, are scalloped or cut so as not to make a straight line on the edge and form a wedge to crack the wood, and can be extended any required distance over both sides of the edges to suit the taste of the person making the trunk. Straight strips are placed and fastened in a like manner along both the top and bottom edges made by the intersection of the narrow sides and the top and bottom of the trunk. A pad of pressed rawhide, which overlaps and covers the aforesaid strips, making a double thickness, is placed and fastened in the manner stated on each of the eight corners of the trunk, asindicated in Fig. 1. Around the trunk, crosswise to the length of the same, are fastened in like manner strips of rawhide, the sections of which strips are so arranged as to overlap each other on the several edges of the trunk, making a double thickness, and similar strips extend up the. two narrow sides of the trunk. The number of these strips can be in- These strips, running with the grain ofn creased or diminished withoutinterfering with v to be wholly impervious to water. The nails and rivets with which the several pieces of pressed rawhide are secured extend, with a rounded or beveled surface, a sufficient distance above the rawhide to aid in protecting the same from rubbing against anything; but this projection may be omitted without interfering withthe usefulness of my invention. curity, guards or pro'tectorsare fastened on the four top corners of the cover of the trunk. The guards are constructed of brass or any suitable metal, and consist of a bulb-head, with three arms of equal length extending from the head, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, and are firmly secured by means of rivets at the ends of the arms. On each of the four top corners As a further se- IOO ,. of the trunk proper is inserted and riveted a guard, angular, made of brass. or any suitable metal, in such a manner as to closely fit the cover of the trunk when closed. A metal band, which extends around the bottom of the cover of the trunk and holds the same firmly together, keeping the edges from splitting or spreading, overlaps the upper part of this angular guard and strikes or rests upon a rightangle projection or shoulder of the same. This arrangement allows the cover to be closed with any reasonable force without injury to the trunk or any part thereof. The cover is snugly fitted to the guards, which serve as a solid basis for the same, and serve to make, when the cover is closed, a solid and firm structure. The bottom corners of the trunk are protected by-means of guards made of any suitable metal,

and are arranged on the trunk, as indicated by D in Fig. 1. This guard consists of three plates, formed as indicated in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, and are securely fastened to the trunk by rivets at the end of the plates. The guards are both right and left. The lower part of the front plate and the bottom plate incase the slat on the bottom of the trunk. Then the front plate curves outward, so as to protect the corner-pads, as indicated in Fig. 6. The plates of the guard do not project out straight from the base, but cu'rve sufficiently, so as to wholly protect the corners, which are necessarily made rounding by the corner-pads, the

rounding surface being much more secure from injury than if the plates came to a point.

, in which A represents the trunk.

Having described the nature and construction of my invention, I will now describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings,

B represents the guard placed on the top corners of the cover. 0 represents the angular guard, placed on the top corners of the trunk proper, the upper part of which the cover of the trunk overlaps, and rests, when closed, upon the shoulder g. D represents the guard placed on the bottom corners of the trunk. E represents similar pad placed on the bottom corners of the trunk. I 1) represents the scalloped strips or sections of strips fastened along the edges of the cover, running lengthwise to the trunk.

1/ represents similar strips along the bottom edges of the trunk. 0 represents the short strips of rawhide riveted across the four side edges of the trunk, overlapping the strips fastened along the side edges. side sections of the strips, which extend around and up the two narrow sides of the trunk. 6 represents top sections of the same. f and f represent the strips which are placed and fastened between the sections (1 d and c of the strips which extend around the trunk. 9 represents the shoulder of guard 0, upon which the iron band on the cover strikes or rests when closed. h represents the wood in the d and (2 represent combination, and 2' represents the canvas in ery, and which I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The trunk-body A, constructed of wood h, glue, and canvas 1' i, in combination with the strips and sections of pressed and prepared rawhide b, b, c, d, d, and e, and also pads a and a, as and for the purposes stated.

2. The trunk-bodyA, constructed of wood h, glue, and canvas i i, and with the strips and sections of pressed and prepared rawhide b, b, c, d, d, e, f, and f, provided with pads a and a, in combination with guards B, O, and D, as and for the purposes specified.

Signed at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York.

HENRY O. FABER.

Witnesses:

O. E. DAVENPORT, RICHARD EVANS. 

